compiz was a whizzy thing that enticed a lot of new people to try on linux back the mid '00s
linux was already my primary desktop by then but i never managed to get compiz working with my hardware. didn't even have smooth 2d desktop transitions. i wanted my tiling wm and switching desktops has always been a smash cut
so i'm pretty tickled that https://wayfire.org exists and works on my machine. finally i can spin my desktops on a cube and burn down my windows